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Architecture and interiors in Siliguri and North Bengal
In Siliguri the studio designed the interiors of a duplex on the 17th and 18th floors of Skydale Tower. It also works on houses, hospitality and heritage across North Bengal.
Places: Siliguri, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling foothills, Dooars. The studio is at Golf Green, Jadavpur, Kolkata.
What the studio does in North Bengal
Mrinalini Architects is based in Kolkata and takes on architecture, interiors and heritage work in Siliguri and North Bengal. The Skydale Tower duplex shows the interior side: a 2,441 sq ft home over two floors, planned and furnished as one piece of work.
The studio’s tea-estate work in Assam, at Budlapara, is directly relevant to the planters’ bungalows of the Dooars and the Darjeeling foothills.
Building in Siliguri: approvals
In the Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority area, a building plan first needs a Land Use Compatibility Certificate from SJDA. The Siliguri Municipal Corporation then sanctions the plan under the West Bengal municipal building rules. The architect prepares and files both sets of drawings.
Services
- ArchitectureNew buildings, additions and renovation: houses, apartment buildings, schools, colleges, hotels and banquet halls, from the first layout to site-ready working drawings.
- Interior designTurnkey interiors, custom furniture and space planning, from a 457 sq ft studio apartment to a duplex on the 17th and 18th floors.
- Heritage conservation and adaptive reuseOld buildings kept and given new use, and new buildings that draw on the architecture of Bengal.
- Urban designStrategies for streets, blocks and districts, from feasibility to design briefs.
- LandscapeLandscaping that ties a building back to its ground and its setting.
- Site supervision and project managementFrom periodic site visits to full project management: the architect on site, checking that what is built matches what was drawn.
- Building plan sanction and approvalsSanction drawings prepared in-house, by an architect registered with the Council of Architecture and empanelled with KMC, NKDA and Rajpur Sonarpur Municipality.
Questions clients ask
Does the studio work in Siliguri?
Yes. It designed the interiors of a duplex on the 17th and 18th floors of Skydale Tower in Siliguri, and works on architecture and interiors across North Bengal.
What approvals does a building in Siliguri need?
In the SJDA area, a Land Use Compatibility Certificate from SJDA comes first, then building plan sanction from the Siliguri Municipal Corporation.
Can the studio work on a tea-estate bungalow in the Dooars?
Yes. Its restoration of a 96-year-old tea-estate bungalow at Budlapara in Assam is the closest example of that work.
Guides from the blog
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Trends, - Building plan approval in Siliguri: SJDA clearance and SMC sanction
Siliguri needs two approvals. SJDA issues the Land Use Compatibility Certificate with a sanctioned site plan, valid one year, and Siliguri Municipal Corporation then sanctions the building plan under the West Bengal Municipal (Building) Rules, 2007, which set a 60-day limit. A sanction lasts three years and can be renewed for two.
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